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Please explain your reasoning. And no, this is not simply about the "under God" portion.

I don't live in the US, but every day, we have to stand for the National Anthem at school.

We don't have to say the pledge of allegiance at school, (private) which is good because I don't know it. Actually that's not true, I mean, it's only like, one sentence, amirite?
If we did I'm sure I'd say it no problem. I mean, it's pretty straight-forwards, except for the little "under god" clause, but that was added in later anyway, so it's not that important.

I don't think we have anything like that in Australia, but we had to sing our school anthem every time we had an assembly.

Topo wrote:We don't have to say the pledge of allegiance at school, (private) which is good because I don't know it. Actually that's not true, I mean, it's only like, one sentence, amirite?
If we did I'm sure I'd say it no problem. I mean, it's pretty straight-forwards, except for the little "under god" clause, but that was added in later anyway, so it's not that important.

Actually, I think it's two.

Every day, it's the same thing, we do The Pledge Of Allegiance, then we do a school pledge, then we do a moment of silence. Actually, only a few people even say the pledge anymore in my class (I do sometimes, mainly for the reason that I've been saying it every school day since 2nd grade).

"I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States Of America. And to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all."

It goes like that, but I'm not sure as to if all those comma's and periods are in the right places though. It actually might be one sentence though.

Everyday in elementary school.
Only on holidays in middle school.
"How do them lyrics go, again?" in high school.

Riobe wrote:

Topo wrote:We don't have to say the pledge of allegiance at school, (private) which is good because I don't know it. Actually that's not true, I mean, it's only like, one sentence, amirite?
If we did I'm sure I'd say it no problem. I mean, it's pretty straight-forwards, except for the little "under god" clause, but that was added in later anyway, so it's not that important.

Actually, I think it's two.

Every day, it's the same thing, we do The Pledge Of Allegiance, then we do a school pledge, then we do a moment of silence. Actually, only a few people even say the pledge anymore in my class (I do sometimes, mainly for the reason that I've been saying it every school day since 2nd grade).

"I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States Of America. And to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all."

It goes like that, but I'm not sure as to if all those comma's and periods are in the right places though. It actually might be one sentence though.

Exact same with ours. However, saying it so many times it has become so meaningless, I couldn't tell you it off the top of my head.

Sort of defeats the purpose it you ask me.

Riobe wrote:

Topo wrote:We don't have to say the pledge of allegiance at school, (private) which is good because I don't know it. Actually that's not true, I mean, it's only like, one sentence, amirite?
If we did I'm sure I'd say it no problem. I mean, it's pretty straight-forwards, except for the little "under god" clause, but that was added in later anyway, so it's not that important.

Actually, I think it's two.

Every day, it's the same thing, we do The Pledge Of Allegiance, then we do a school pledge, then we do a moment of silence. Actually, only a few people even say the pledge anymore in my class (I do sometimes, mainly for the reason that I've been saying it every school day since 2nd grade).

"I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States Of America. And to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all."

It goes like that, but I'm not sure as to if all those comma's and periods are in the right places though. It actually might be one sentence though.

It's one.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States Of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Fixed. And yes, I participate every morning.

I'm a believer in the Pledge of Allegiance out of the ideals that it represents (that is, the american ideals). I tend to consider these concepts as transcending the current leadership of the country (I'm an Obama fan though). That said, I'm known to sing the Canadian national anthem whenever it comes around. that's mostly because I think it's way better than the US one, though.

There isn't a "school/public organization (I) regularly attend."

If there was, though, I wouldn't want to say it. Being of the far left, I don't want to promise allegiance to America.

I live in Australia and my Primary School Had one but i cant remember it :(
I think it went something like this "For My Country, State and City i pleadge that i will always help blah blah blah" (cant remeber the rest) if thats what a pledge is?

What? That's ridiculous. Pledges of allegiance are so un-Australian. Did you have to sing The Star-Spangled Banner as well?

Atilla wrote:What? That's ridiculous. Pledges of allegiance are so un-Australian. Did you have to sing The Star-Spangled Banner as well?

Haha i dont know ... thats just what we had to say ... i dont make the rules ... if you ask me im not a big fan of pleadges all together theyre sorta ridiculas aswell. Cos whenever i said that i never actually meant it

There's no pledge in Australia as far as i'm aware, but in my primary school we had a pledge for the school itself, maybe that's what you're thinking of jackass?

Off-topic, Dean Alston's cartoon about the creation of the national anthem is hilarious, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere on the internet.

jean-luc wrote:I'm a believer in the Pledge of Allegiance out of the ideals that it represents (that is, the american ideals). I tend to consider these concepts as transcending the current leadership of the country (I'm an Obama fan though). That said, I'm known to sing the Canadian national anthem whenever it comes around. that's mostly because I think it's way better than the US one, though.

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